All News about Iran Nuclear Program – The Iran nuclear deal and the country’s nuclear energy program have been a focus of media reports in Iran and the world since the onset of nuclear talks between Tehran and the P5+1, which resulted in the JCPOA in 2015, and its implementation in 2016. The “Nuclear” section of IFP News offers an up-to-date coverage of these reports.
The Iranian foreign ministry spokesman says a pause that has been announced in the Vienna talks could serve as a momentum for resolving all remaining issues and mark a final return to the negotiating table to revive the Iran nuclear deal, JCPOA.
A source familiar with the Vienna talks says the US sabotage of Iran’s economic benefits from the termination of sanctions is the main reason for the stalemate in the Vienna talks.
President Ebrahim Raisi of Iran reassures that his administration has been fully adhering to the framework and red lines set by Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei while pursuing the negotiations in Vienna on a possible revival of the 2015 nuclear deal.
The Iranian foreign minister has told the EU foreign policy chief and senior coordinator of the Vienna talks that making of new demands by the US has no logical justification and this contradicts the country’s stance on swiftly reaching an agreement.
An informed source says there are between three to four outstanding issues that still need to be resolved during the negotiations in Vienna on a possible restoration of the 2015 nuclear deal, criticizing the US for dragging its feet on addressing the differences.
Iran’s top security official says the talks underway in Vienna on a possible revitalization of the 2015 nuclear deal are “getting knottier by the hour” as the United States fails to take the necessary political decisions.
The deputy chairman of the Iranian Parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy Commission has ruled out any concern over the Vienna talks, saying Iran’s negotiating team respects the red lines of the country.
The Russian ambassador to Tehran says Moscow wants the Iran nuclear deal, JCPOA, to succeed, but its own interests are also important to the Kremlin and these interests exist for Iran as well.
The EU members of the UN atomic agency’s Board of Governors have issued a statement in support of preserving the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, JCPOA and the lifting of anti-Tehran sanctions.
A high-ranking Iranian member of parliament says Russia's approach during the Vienna talks shows that the country needs tensions in the region, especially over the nuclear issues, in order to divert world public opinion from its policies on regional issues.
Iran’s top security official says the prospect of an agreement in the Vienna talks remains unclear because the United States is delaying a necessary political decision.
Russia’s Ambassador to Iran says there has been a misunderstanding about Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s demand for guarantees from the United States in talks to revive the nuclear agreement.
Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh says Tehran will make decisions regarding direct talks with the US based on Washington’s behavior, not vague messages.
The caretaker of Iran’s permanent mission in international organizations in Vienna says the new report by the director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency reflects a number of positive developments including removal of one of the three Iranian sites from the list of alleged outstanding safeguard issues.
The secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council says Tehran is considering putting forth initiatives to speed up the achievement of results in the Vienna talks.
An advisor to Iran’s negotiating team says the Vienna talks “aren’t over anyway,” with Tehran waiting for Russia’s clarifications over its requests from the US and for Washington to respond to the Islamic Republic’s “key demands” in the process.
A member of the Iranian Parliament’s Foreign Policy and National Security Commission says the draft of the agreement between Iran and the P4+1 group is ready but a couple of differences remain.
Hossein Shariatmadari, editor-in-chief of the influential Iranian newspaper Keyhan, has said in a commentary that Iran should not let the US dodge its obligation to lift sanctions against the Islamic Republic during the nuclear talks in Vienna.
The Atomic Energy Organization of Iran and the International Atomic Energy Agency agreed to speed up their talks and cooperation to help resolve outstanding issues as part of their joint statement for cooperation in August 26, 2020.
Iran’s foreign minister, in a meeting with the visiting head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, stressed the need for an independent, professional and impartial approach by the IAEA.
Russia's ambassador to international organizations and its chief negotiator in the Vienna talks Mikhail Ulyanov says that the text of the agreement between Iran and the P4+1 group has been finalized but several other issues need to be resolved.
An informed source says there are still three unresolved issues between Iran and the P4+1 group in addition to outstanding safeguards matters, in the Vienna talks.
